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Satellite image of the Great Lakes captured on February 24, 2024, by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite sensor aboard the Suomi NPP satellite.The effects of a warm winter in the upper Midwest are evident in the lack of lake ice.Ice coverage on the Great Lakes typically reaches its annual peak in late February or early March. But at that time in 2024, the lakes were conspicuously free of ice. Owing to warmer winter weather and above-average surface water temperatures, ice cover stood at historic lows.Since…

The regular cycle of freezing and thawing of Antarctic sea ice, keeps our planet functioning, regulating global climate and sea-level rise. Credit: Wendy Pyper Data from the US National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) have revealed another summer of exceptionally low sea-ice extent around Antarctica. Sea-ice extent around the frozen continent was…

The Creative Pebble X Plus is a Bluetooth speaker set that punches way above its weight. Jack Wallen/ZDNETZDNET's key takeawaysThe Pebble X Plus speakers, which not only includes a matched pair of speakers but also the tiniest subwoofer I've ever seen.Also: I tested 'the world's most portable spatial audio speaker' and it blew me awayOf course, when I pulled the speakers out of the box, all I could think was, "What an adorable little subwoofer… I bet it has an adorable little sound." I was wrong.View at Us.creativeis…

Sea ice in the Antarctic Ross Sea, on February 4 of 2018. Credit: Jian Liu The year 2023 stands out as the warmest year on record globally, accompanied by the highest recorded ocean temperatures. Amidst these extreme and unusual climatic conditions, Antarctic sea ice extent (SIE), after breaking the second consecutive satellite-recorded low in February 2023, failed to recover at an average rate in the autumn and winter months.…

The billionaire celebrated a breakthrough with brain-computer-implant startup Neuralink, then watched his $55.8 billion pay package at Tesla get rescinded. At stake is his push into advanced AI. The billionaire celebrated a breakthrough with brain-computer-implant startup Neuralink, then watched his $55.8 billion pay package at Tesla get rescinded. At stake is his push into advanced AI. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of…

The final curtain of the year 2023 is upon us. December, as always, brings with it cold weather and cosy retrospection. Once the awards season kicks into gear, there is the inevitable temptation to look back at all the books, films and shows that kept us company. The page-to-screen pipeline kept pumping out the adaptations. The triumph and tragedy of J Robert Oppenheimer, as documented by Kai Bird and Martin J Sherwin in American Prometheus, got the Christopher Nolan treatment, going from the book shelf to the box office…

It’s time to look back at spaceflight in 2023, a real “two steps forward, one step back” kind of year, filled with highs, lows, and everything in between.China's Plan to Land Astronauts on the MoonThe New Space Race is in full swing, and with both public and private entities pushing the limits of what’s possible, failures are an inevitability, as is progress. 2023 was no exception, with some notable achievements like historic deep space missions and advancements in satellite and rocket technology, alongside setbacks such…

Movies and games have always had an ambivalent relationship. Gaming’s the new kid on the block, and it seems pathologically obsessed with clinging onto Hollywoodesque tropes and presentation styles. Nevertheless, with its flourishing popularity, the gaming industry does occasionally show deep-seated desires to forge an independent identity. FMV games complicate the situation further. They’re not quite movies, as you’re invited to interact with the story. On the other hand, when you have live-action scenes in your game,…

This time last year, Low were due to headline Le Guess Who, an experimental music festival in Utrecht. Instead, the beloved US indie band had to cancel their tour dates owing to the declining health of singer and drummer Mimi Parker, who had been diagnosed with ovarian cancer two years prior. On 5 November 2022, she died at home in Duluth, Minnesota, aged 55. Her loss essentially brought to an end the haunting, hymnal group that she and husband Alan Sparhawk formed in 1993, having first met in primary school, and which…

It feels odd to be on the other side of it. After all the hype, anticipation and glorious meme-age, Barbenheimer - the greatest cinematic clash since 2017’s Om Shanti Om and Saawariya #NeverForget - has been experienced, tolerated and relished. Thoughts have been thunk, feelings have been felt, an outrageous amount of pink has been worn. (Also Read: Quentin Tarantino spotted buying ticket for Barbie after watching Oppenheimer on opening weekend) Margot Robbie as Barbie in the Greta Gerwig film. It’s quite the…